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Last Buckaroo

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Finally, a "real cowboy" story by a real cowboy. None of this make-believe Hollywood bull-puckey here! Having ridden in the same saddle as Hedges many years ago, it is refreshing to read a well-written and true-to-life tale of two migrant buckaroos as they work and play in some of the most beautiful and off-the-beaten paths in the Great American West. One of the few books that makes me laugh out loud! A must for any serious WESTERN fan (Never use country and WESTERN in the same sentence!). A tip of the ol'Stetson to Mackey Hedges. Here's to the next book!

I bought this book two years ago for a father's day present. My father read it and has been rantin' and ravin' about it ever since so I thought I would buy myself a copy. I began reading and couldn't put it down. The story telling is fantastic and I was continually laughing out loud at the witty dialogue and wild antics of the characters. I highly recommend this book. One of my favorites.

It's an easy read, entertaining and informative regarding the life and work of an itinerant buckaroo. True enough it doesn't have any bad language but Tap and Dean aren't role models for youth. This isn't a kid's story. Any amount of dollars in their pockets is soon lost in what a preacher would label "dissipation" and they're tossed in the slammer more than once.

I bought the book on recommendation of a buckaroo in Paso Robles who knows Mackey. His tales are embellishments on real people and events that his compadres recognize in the stories. So you'll be reading a real slice of the Great Plains buckaroo life of the recent past.

It seems so rare that you come across a book suitable for all ages. Last Buckaroo has no bad language and no torrid sex. It's simply a funny book that almost anyone can enjoy. I also liked the glossary in the back for us city folks who are not use to a lot of the Western terminology.

Mackey Hedges takes you into a world that most of us could never do or even experience, yet he makes you feel like your right there. His tails of the overzelous young Dean and the wild and woolly Tap kept me in stiches for days. As my husband read the book he would call to me to read to him because he was laughing to hard and his eyes were watering. I wish I could read more books like this. Am ordering five copies for my friends. A book like that I could never lend out.